There was an old Catholic Pope/
Who felt he could no longer cope/
The papal big hitter/
Had newly joined Twitter/
Which isn’t the reason, I hope.
///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-21411304
///https://twitter.com/twitmericks/status/300950956500201472
There once was a Year of the Snake/
When Chinese folk all took a break/
And Celine Dion/
Was asked to be on/
In Mandarin – quelle pièce de cake!
///http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2013/02/201321061512698235.html
The EU agreed at a summit/
The budget can fall, if not plummet/
A few billion less/
Looks good in the press/
But Eurocrats won’t have to slum it.
///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21386818
There was an old fellow named Gove/
Who had to back down, the poor cove/
So many excoriate/
His baccalaureate/Govey’s reform plans unwove.
///http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/teachers-welcome-exam-uturn-as-gove-faces-commons-grilling-8484652.html
The bank that they call RBS/
Was fined for the rate-rigging mess/
This puts a new onus/
On those with a bonus/
To settle for quite a bit less.
///http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/02/06/uk-rbs-libor-idUKBRE91500720130206
Tory MPs who disparage/
The government bill on gay marriage/
In votes & in tweets/
Must worry their seats/
Will be pinched by that nice Mr Farage*.
////*Yes, I know it’s pronounced to rhyme with garaaage. But I say that word garridge anyway.
RIP Reg from the Troggs/
Who sad to report, popped his clogs/
Mortality found him/
With love all around him/
With Brenda his wife & their sprogs.
///http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/troggs-star-reg-presley-dies-aged-71-8480906.html
There was an MP named Chris Huhne/
Who suddenly altered his tune/
So stop being beastly/
The member for Eastleigh/
Is exiting parliament soon.
///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21322136
A monarch named Richard the Third/
Has finally been disinterred/
For years left to fester/
Beneath cars in Leicester/
His ID has now been averred.
///http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9846693/Richard-III-skeleton-is-the-king.html
Prime Minister Rajoy of Spain/
Denies any personal gain/
But if his accounts/
Contain large amounts/
I wonder how long he’ll remain.
///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21313211
